Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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